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J. A. GRIFFIN. WIGKER STRUCTURE.

No. 598,305.. Patented Feb. 1,1898.

.IAMES A. GRIFFIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOBENJAMIN BOLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

WICKER STRUCTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,305, dated February1, 1898..

Application filed November 10,1897. Serial No. 658,001. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that LJAMES A. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Wicker Structures, of which the following isa specification.

This vinvention relates to wicker structures with solid or woodenbottoms, and particularly to such when used as coverings for demijohnsand the like; and it consists in a structure having the upright splintsof the wickerwork secured to the bottom in a peculiar man ner, to behereinafter described, so that said splints cannot be detached from thebottom except by cutting or breaking them off.

In the. accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a demijohnhaving a wicker covering embodying my invention, the lower part of thesame being in section the better to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 isa horizontal section of the wicker covering in the plane indicatedbyline x2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View illustrating theapplication of my invention to a rectangular receptacle of wicker orbasket work with a wooden bottom.

Referring primarily to Figs. l and 2, X represents a demijohn of theordinary kind, the glass receptacle being inclosed in Wickerwork, thelatter being secured to a wooden bottom or bottom piece.

It is not new to provide the wicker covering of ademijohn with acircular bottom piece of wood nor to provide a circular aperture in saidbottom piece, and these features are not claimed. This invention relatesto the means employed for securing the upright splints of the wovenwicker-work to the solid bottom piece, which is usually of wood, butwhich may be of some other solid material as well.

The bottom piece A has formed in it a channel a at a suitable distancefrom the outer edge or periphery of the bottom piece, and holes ctx arebored at suitable distances apart in the periphery of the piece A, so asto extend into said channel a.

The upright splints b of the wicker-work are made by doubling a longsplint and passingits branches outwardly through two of the adjacentradial holes in the bottom piece A and drawing the bight b of the bentsplint down snugly into the channel a, the branches being then bentupward, as required, for weaving in the Woof-splint c.

The purpose of the channel a is to sink the bight of the splint b belowthe general level of the bottom piece A and also to bring the radialholes level or parallel with the face of the bottom piece. When sunk inthe channel, ,the bights of the splints will be below th'e surface ofthe wood and will not be subjected to chaing or wear. l

It will be noted that the number of splints b must be odd, and hence oneof these (seen at hX in Fig. 2) wil-l be single, while all of the otherswill be doubled; but this single splint will have a retaining-bight likethe others.

Fig. 3 shows the adaptation of the invention to a structure other than ademijohn, but this structure is the same as that described, and the sameletters of reference are used in both.

To form a finish at the base of the Wicker- Work, Fig. 1, the peripheryofthe bottom piece A is rabbeted, so as to leave a marginal ledge or lipd; but no novelty is claimed for this feature.

It will be noted that the characteristic novel feature of my device isthe channel u, the radial holes ctx, and the doubling of the longsplint, so as to form two adjacent splints Z9, integrally connectedthrough the medium of the bight b.

Having thus described my invention, I claim l. A wicker receptaclehaving a bottom piece of solid material with a channel c in one of itsfaces andaseries of suitablyspaced holes extending from said channeloutwardly to the peripheral edge of the bottom piece, and having twoadjacent upright splints of the wicker-work formed of a single splintbent double, its branches occupying two ad-V jacent holes and the bightb of the bent splint occupying the said channel a., substantially as setforth.

2. A Wicker covering for a demijohn having a circular bottom piece A,provided with a channel aV in its upper' face and equally spaced radialholes for the splints, extending In Witness whereof I have hereuntosigned from said channel to the peripheral `edge of my naine i-n thepresence of two subscribing 1o the bottom piece, and having two adjacentwitnesses. upright splints b formed in one piece, the

5 branches of Which occupy adjacent holes in the bottom piece and thebight b of thesplint Witnesses: occupying the said channel therein,s'ubstan- HENRY CONNETT, tially as set forth. PETER A. ROSS.

JAMES A. GRIFFIN.

